Patents by Inventor Matthew J. Banet
Matthew J. Banet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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BODY-WORN SENSOR FEATURING A LOW-POWER PROCESSOR AND MULTI-SENSOR ARRAY FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE
Publication number: 20080319327Abstract: A system is described that continuously measures a patient's blood pressure over a length of time. The system features a sensor assembly featuring a flexible cable configured to wrap around a portion of a patient's arm. The flexible cable features a back surface that includes at least two electrodes that are positioned to contact the patient's skin to generate electrical signals. It additionally features an optical sensor that includes at least one light source and at least one photodetector. These components form an optical sensor that is configured to generate an optical signal by detecting optical radiation emitted by the at least one light source and reflected from a blood vessel underneath the patient's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: Triage Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Zhou Zhou, Kenneth Robert Hunt, Henk Visser, II -
Publication number: 20080312542Abstract: A sensor for monitoring a patient's blood pressure, the sensor including a housing unit with a back surface and which includes: a pair of electrodes mounted on the back surface; an optical system mounted on the back surface and including at least one light source that emits optical radiation near 570 nm and at least one photodetector; a first amplifier which generates an analog electrical waveform from the electrical signals from the electrodes; a second amplifier that generates an analog optical waveform from the optical signal from the photodetector; analog-to-digital converter circuitry configured to receive the analog electrical waveform and generate a digital electrical waveform therefrom and to receive the analog optical waveform and generate a digital optical waveform therefrom; and a processor programmed to receive the digital electrical and optical waveforms and determine a pulse transit time for the patient which is a measure of a separation in time of a first feature of the digital electrical wavefType: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: TRIAGE WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Matthew J. BANET, Henk VISSER, II, Zhou ZHOU, Kenneth R. HUNT
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Patent number: 7238159Abstract: A monitoring device, method and system are disclosed herein. The monitoring device is capable of determine when a user's wrist is at rest using a motion sensor disposed within a wrist module that is attached to the user's wrist. When at rest, the monitoring device utilizes a vital sign monitor to determine a plurality of vital signs of the user. The vital sign monitor preferably comprises a light source and photodetector in communication with a pulse-oximetry circuit. The motion sensor is preferably an accelerometer.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Triage Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Henk Visser
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Patent number: 7228211Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides an in-vehicle telematics system featuring: 1) a controller; 2) a diagnostics system configured to receive diagnostic information from a host vehicle; 3) a position-locating system configured to determine the host vehicle's location information; 4) a communication interface configured to send additional information to a peripheral system other than the diagnostic position-locating systems; and, 5) a wireless transmitter configured to transmit information through a wireless network to an Internet-accessible website.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: HTI IP, LLCInventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Matthew J. Banet, Paul Washicko
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Patent number: 7179228Abstract: The invention provides a device that measures a patient's blood pressure without using an inflatable cuff. The device includes an optical module featuring an optical source and a first optical sensor that generates a first set of information; a flexible, thin-film pressure sensor that generates a second set of information; and a processing module, configured to receive and process the first and second sets of information to calculate a time-dependent blood pressure value.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Triage Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Matthew J Banet
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Patent number: 7004907Abstract: A monitoring device (10), method and system are disclosed herein. The monitoring device (10) utilizes a vital sign monitor (16) to determine a plurality of vital signs of the user. The vital sign monitor (16) preferably comprises a light source (3) and photodetector (31) in communication with a pulse oximetry circuit (35).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Triage Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Henk Visser
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Patent number: 6988033Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for characterizing a vehicle's fuel efficiency and amount of fuel consumed. The method features the steps of: 1) generating a data set from the vehicle that includes vehicle speed, odometer calculation, engine speed, load, mass air flow; 2) transferring the data set to a wireless appliance that includes i) a microprocessor, and ii) a wireless transmitter in electrical contact with the microprocessor; 3) transmitting a data packet comprising the data set or a version thereof with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a host computer system; and 4) analyzing the data set with the host computer system to determine a status of the vehicle's fuel efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Reynolds & Reynolds Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Bruce Lightner, Matthew J. Banet, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, Jim Cowart
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Patent number: 6928348Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for characterizing a vehicle's emissions. These systems feature the steps of generating a data set from the vehicle that includes at least one of the following: diagnostic trouble codes, status of a MIL, and data relating to I/M readiness flags; and then transferring the data set to a wireless appliance that features a microprocessor and a wireless transmitter in electrical contact with the microprocessor. The wireless appliance then transmits a data packet comprising the data set (or a version of the data set) with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a wireless communication system. Here, ‘a version of the data set’ means a representation (e.g., a binary representation) of data in the data set, or data calculated or related to data in the data set.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Reynolds & Reynolds Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Lightner, Matthew J. Banet, Diego Borrego, Larkin Hill Lowrey, Chuck Myers
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Patent number: 6879894Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for characterizing a vehicle's emissions. These systems feature the steps of generating a data set from the vehicle that includes at least one of the following: diagnostic trouble codes, status of a MIL, and data relating to I/M readiness flags; and then transferring the data set to a wireless appliance that features a microprocessor and a wireless transmitter in electrical contact with the microprocessor. The wireless appliance then transmits a data packet comprising the data set (or a version of the data set) with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a wireless communications system. Here, ‘a version of the data set’ means a representation (e.g., a binary representation) of data in the data set, or data calculated or related to data in the data set.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Reynolds & Reynolds Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Lightner, Matthew J. Banet, Diego Borrego, Larkin Hill Lowrey, Chuck Myers
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Patent number: 6795198Abstract: The invention provides both a method and apparatus that measures a property of a structure that includes at least one layer. The apparatus features a laser (e.g., a microchip laser, described below) that generates an optical pulse, and a diffractive mask that receives the optical pulse and diffracts it to generate at least two excitation pulses. An optical system, (e.g., an achromat lens pair) receives the optical pulses and spatially and temporally overlaps them on or in the structure to form an excitation pattern that launches an acoustic wave. The acoustic wave modulates a property of the structure, e.g., it generates a time-dependent “surface ripple” or modulates an optical property such as the sample's refractive index or absorption coefficient. Surface ripple is defined as a time-dependent change in the morphology of the surface; its peak-to-null amplitude is typically a few angstroms or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventors: Martin Fuchs, Matthew J. Banet, Keith A. Nelson, John A. Rogers
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Patent number: 6734982Abstract: A method for measuring a structure that contains overlying and underlying films in a region where the overlying film's thickness rapidly decreases until the underlying film is exposed (e.g., an edge-exclusion structure). The method includes the steps of: (1) exciting acoustic modes in a first portion of the region with at least one excitation laser beam; (2) detecting the acoustic modes with a probe laser beam that is either reflected or diffracted to generate a signal beam; (3) analyzing the signal beam to determine a property of the structure (e.g., the thickness of the overlying layer) in the first portion of the region; (4) translating the structure or the excitation and probe laser beams; and (5) repeating the exciting, detecting, and analyzing steps to determine a property of the structure in a second portion of the region.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Martin Fuchs, John A. Rogers
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Patent number: 6732032Abstract: The invention features a method and apparatus for remotely characterizing a vehicle's emissions performance. The method features the steps of: i) generating data representative of the vehicle's emissions performance with at least one microcontroller disposed within the vehicle; ii) transferring the data through an OBD, OBD-II or equivalent electrical connector to a data collector/router that includes a microprocessor and an electrically connected wireless transmitter; iii) transmitting a data packet representing the data with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a wireless communications system and then to a host computer; and iv) analyzing the data packet with the host computer to characterize the vehicle's emissions performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2003Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Reynolds and Reynolds Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Bruce Lightner, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, Larkin Hill Lowrey
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Patent number: 6611740Abstract: The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnostic data from the computer; and 2) a data-transmission component, in electrical communication with the data-collection electronics, configured to transmit an outgoing data packet comprising the diagnostic data over a network and receive over the same network an incoming data packet that modifies the communication software. The wireless appliance communicates with a host computer system that is configured to: 1) receive the outgoing data packet from the network; 2) process the outgoing data packet to generate a set of vehicle diagnostic data; 3) host a web site on the Internet that displays the vehicle diagnostic data; and 4) send out the incoming data packet over the same network to modify the communication software.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: NetworkCarInventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Matthew J. Banet, Bruce Lightner, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, Wade Williams
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Patent number: 6604033Abstract: The invention features a method and apparatus for remotely characterizing a vehicle's emissions performance. The method features the steps of: i) generating data representative of the vehicle's emissions performance with at least one microcontroller disposed within the vehicle; ii) transferring the data through an OBD, OBD-II or equivalent electrical connector to a data collector/router that includes a microprocessor and an electrically connected wireless transmitter; iii) transmitting a data packet representing the data with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a wireless communications system and then to a host computer; and iv) analyzing the data packet with the host computer to characterize the vehicle's emissions performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Networkcar.comInventors: Matthew J. Banet, Bruce Lightner, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, Larkin Hill Lowrey
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Patent number: 6594579Abstract: A method for characterizing a vehicle's fuel efficiency including generating parameter-related data from the vehicle that describes at least one of a plurality of vehicle parameters including: vehicle speed, fuel level, engine speed, load, mass air flow, manifold air pressure, odometer reading; transferring the parameter-related data to a wireless appliance including a wireless transmitter; transmitting the parameter-related data with the wireless transmitter over an airlink to a host computer system; and analyzing the transmitted parameter-related data with the host computer system to calculate the vehicle's fuel efficiency, wherein the analyzing involves determining an amount of fuel consumed by the vehicle during an interval, determining a distance traveled by the vehicle during the interval, and calculating the vehicle's fuel efficiency from the amount of fuel consumed and the distance traveled during the interval.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: NetworkCarInventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Bruce Lightner, Matthew J. Banet, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, James Cowart
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Publication number: 20030058449Abstract: A method for measuring a structure that contains overlying and underlying films in a region where the overlying film's thickness rapidly decreases until the underlying film is exposed (e.g., an edge-exclusion structure). The method includes the steps of: (1) exciting acoustic modes in a first portion of the region with at least one excitation laser beam; (2) detecting the acoustic modes with a probe laser beam that is either reflected or diffracted to generate a signal beam; (3) analyzing the signal beam to determine a property of the structure (e.g., the thickness of the overlying layer) in the first portion of the region; (4) translating the structure or the excitation and probe laser beams; and (5) repeating the exciting, detecting, and analyzing steps to determine a property of the structure in a second portion of the region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Active Impulse SystemsInventors: Matthew J. Banet, Martin Fuchs, John A. Rogers
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Publication number: 20020173885Abstract: The invention provides a method for monitoring a vehicle that features the steps of: 1) generating a data packet including vehicle data retrieved from the vehicle using a wireless appliance; 2) transmitting the data packet over an airlink with the wireless appliance so that the data packet passes through a network and to a host computer system; 3) processing the data packet with the host computer system to generate a set of data; and 4) displaying the set of data on a web page hosted on the internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2001Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Matthew J. Banet, Bruce Lightner, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers
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Publication number: 20020133273Abstract: The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnostic data from the computer; and 2) a data-transmission component, in electrical communication with the data-collection electronics, configured to transmit an outgoing data packet comprising the diagnostic data over a network and receive over the same network an incoming data packet that modifies the communication software. The wireless appliance communicates with a host computer system that is configured to: 1) receive the outgoing data packet from the network; 2) process the outgoing data packet to generate a set of vehicle diagnostic data; 3) host a web site on the Internet that displays the vehicle diagnostic data; and 4) send out the incoming data packet over the same network to modify the communication software.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Larkin Hill Lowrey, Matthew J. Banet, Bruce Lightner, Diego Borrego, Chuck Myers, Wade Williams
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Patent number: 6348967Abstract: A method for determining the thickness of a thin sample is described. The method includes the step of exciting time-dependent acoustic waveguide modes in the sample with an excitation radiation field. The acoustic waveguide modes are detected by diffracting probe radiation off a ripple morphology induced on the sample's surface by the acoustic waveguide modes. The diffracted probe radiation is then analyzed to measure phase velocities or frequencies of the acoustic waveguide modes. A thickness of the thin sample is determined by comparing the measured phase velocities or frequencies to the phase velocities or frequencies calculated from a mathematical model.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Active Impulse Systems, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Nelson, John A. Rogers, Matthew J. Banet, John Hanselman, Martin Fuchs
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Patent number: 6256100Abstract: A method for measuring a structure that contains overlying and underlying films in a region where the overlying film's thickness rapidly decreases until the underlying film is exposed (e.g., an edge-exclusion structure). The method includes the steps of: (1) exciting acoustic modes in a first portion of the region with at least one excitation laser beam; (2) detecting the acoustic modes with a probe laser beam that is either reflected or diffracted to generate a signal beam; (3) analyzing the signal beam to determine a property of the structure (e.g., the thickness of the overlying layer) in the first portion of the region; (4) translating the structure or the excitation and probe laser beams; and (5) repeating the exciting, detecting, and analyzing steps to determine a property of the structure in a second portion of the region.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Active Impulse Systems, Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Banet, Martin Fuchs, John A. Rogers